Saturday, May 26, 2012

charts and graphs

3 comments:

I was surprised to see the suggestion "Perhaps parents could fund raise as they do in California (where property taxes are much lower and must be shared with all schools in the state – very different situation)".

This is the first time I've heard anyone suggest that California's funding scheme for schools is working. Very little money is making it to the schools, which are in permanent crisis mode as all the "fat" was cut years ago. More and more parents are fleeing the public schools for private schools and home schooling—not for personal or religious reasons, but simply because the California public school system is in such dire financial straits that education has been cut to bare bones.

Speaking of taxation without representation, during this election cycle we realized that the school district is using its Emergency Alert System to to robo call current parents - and ONLY current parents - on election eve, reminding them to vote.

Free GOTV for parents, funded by all the peopel who don't get the free GOTV.